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• Fast Talk: B-Shepp's victory, silver chatter

  Posted: 07/24/2023, 10:57 am

  With Brandon Sheppard collecting $53,000 in the Silver Dollar Nationals, our roundtable considers the Huset's Speedway event and other races in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Evaluate Full Story

• Stiff test for B-Shepp, foes at rugged Huset’s

  Posted: 07/23/2023, 08:17 am By Kevin Kovac

  BRANDON, S.D. (July 22) — Brandon Sheppard looked totally at ease as he stood behind his car in the Huset’s Speedway pit area, chatting up fans and sipping from a can of Natural Light Strawberry Lemonade beer after winning Saturday’s Full Story

• After miscue, Thornton rallies for Huset’s victory

  Posted: 07/21/2023, 06:58 am By Kevin Kovac

  BRANDON, S.D. (July 20) — After a blunder that cost him a heat race victory Thursday at Huset's Speedway, Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., suspected it would cost him a chance at the night's Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature But Full Story

• Notes: Second love fulfills Miller’s racing quest

  Posted: 07/20/2023, 12:09 am By Kyle McFadden

  At a young age, Evan Miller harnessed dreams of one day becoming a sprint car racer. Growing up 15 minutes from Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D., that desire made sense, as the high-banked 3/8-mile is a hotspot for open-wheel racing Full Story

• Fast Facts: 13th annual Silver Dollar Nationals

  Posted: 07/19/2023, 11:36 am By Aaron Clay

  Dates: July 19-22 Track: Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D. (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval) Purse: $53,000-to-win for Saturday's main event Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (undercard programs for Repairable Vehicles.com Full Story

• Top 25: J.D. rises as Marlar rejoins top five

  Posted: 07/18/2023, 10:35 am By Todd Turner

  Creeping back to third in DirtonDirt.com's power rankings, Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., was among three drivers receiving at least one No. 1 vote in this week's balloting presented by Keyser Manufacturing. The third-ranked Davenport, Full Story

• Never-give-up racer finds Hell Tour checkers

  Posted: 07/17/2023, 12:51 pm By Kyle McFadden

  ORRVILLE, Ohio (July 16) — To the world, Kyle Moore’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory on Sunday at Wayne County Speedway can be chalked up as an upset. Those who know Moore well, however, don’t see his victory in the same light as Full Story

• Fast Talk: Surveying racing’s busy landscape

  Posted: 07/17/2023, 11:13 am

  As head head toward the dog days of summer with a flurry of racing nationwide, our roundtable recaps the latest in the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): Pick a national touring Full Story

• Column: ‘Fun uncle’ guides nephew’s racing

  Posted: 07/12/2023, 11:29 am

  Boom Briggs — always talking, always socializing, always enjoying the moment — would seem to have all the qualities necessary to fill the role of fun uncle. So is he? One of his nephews, Logan Jaquay, will confirm that he certainly Full Story

• Top 25: Pierce tightens chase for No. 1 spot

  Posted: 07/11/2023, 09:52 am By Todd Turner

  Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., stands atop DirtonDirt.com's Top 25 power rankings for the eighth consecutive poll, but not without a few chinks in his armor as NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 winner Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., peeled Full Story

• Notes: B-Shepp solid in cutting-edge Longhorn

  Posted: 07/10/2023, 03:55 pm By Kevin Kovac

  SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (July 8) — Brandon Sheppard was standing around a campfire after Friday night’s NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 preliminary program at Deer Creek Speedway when he told someone he was very confident about his chances of Full Story

• Notes: Madden chasing Deer Creek’s $50,000

  Posted: 07/08/2023, 07:24 am By Kevin Kovac

  SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (July 7) — Chris Madden still isn’t rolling like it’s 2022, but winning Friday's 25-lap NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 preliminary feature at Deer Creek Speedway had him feeling positive about the trajectory of his Full Story

• Notes: Clanton clears wall in Deer Creek main

  Posted: 07/07/2023, 03:54 pm By Kevin Kovac

  SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (July 6) — Big, tough Shane Clanton was unhurt — and, for the most part, so was his car — so it was no surprise that he was able to breezily joke about his trip over Deer Creek Speedway’s outside wall during Full Story

• Gopher opener to Moran amid clash of tour titans

  Posted: 07/07/2023, 10:11 am By Kevin Kovac

  SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (July 6) — Devin Moran realized early in Thursday's 25-lap NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 preliminary feature at Deer Creek Speedway that racing at the front of the pack was the place to be. | RaceWire Once the 28-year-old Full Story

• Notes: Quick start in Supers for Michigander

  Posted: 07/06/2023, 08:21 am By Robert Holman

  Carter Murday’s career progression has been a steady climb since he began driving in the four-cylinder division eight years ago as a preteen. Despite only one victory in the smaller cars in four seasons, Murday moved on, making the transition Full Story

• Top 25: RTJ stays on top; Pierce to No. 2

  Posted: 07/04/2023, 09:38 am By Todd Turner

  Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., maintained his unanimous hold on the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s weekly power rankings while new World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series points leader Full Story

• Fast Talk: Holiday recap and mid-season honors

  Posted: 07/03/2023, 03:14 pm

  After a weather-hampered Fourth of July weekend with a variety of special events around the country, our roundtable takes it all for the weekly feature presented by MD3 and Five Star Race Cars Bodies (edited for clarity and length): What’s Full Story

• Notes: Contact aplenty for Muskingum racers

  Posted: 07/01/2023, 09:01 am

  Brandon Overton threw out some shade (though with a smile on his face). Jonathan Davenport wasn’t very happy either. Yes, an especially rough-and-tumble first 20-lap semifeature during Friday’s Freedom 60 weekend opener at Muskingum Full Story

• Top 25: Feger joins; RTJ unanimous No. 1

  Posted: 06/27/2023, 09:55 am By Todd Turner

  Firecracker 100 winner Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., kept a tight (and unanimous) grip on the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s weekly power rankings while a pair of DIRTcar Summer Nationals winners were added to the Top 25. Thornton, Full Story

• Fast Talk: Is WoO points chase wide open?

  Posted: 06/26/2023, 12:17 pm

  With Ricky Thornton Jr., adding another $50,000 victory, the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series on its Heartland Speedweek and Jason Feger shining on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, our roundtable weighs in for the weekly feature presented Full Story

• Notes: Zeigler's eventful Firecracker 100 fizzles

  Posted: 06/26/2023, 08:39 am By Kevin Kovac

  SARVER, Pa. (June 24) — If passing cars was the barometer for success during the Firecracker 100 presented by Big River Steel weekend at Lernerville Speedway, then Mason Zeigler was the star of the show. | RaceWire But while the 30-year-old Full Story

• With another $50,000, Thornton’s talent shines

  Posted: 06/25/2023, 11:08 am By Kevin Kovac

  SARVER, Pa. (June 24) — Every race that Anthony Burroughs watches his driver, Ricky Thornton Jr., run, the more he just shakes his head in amazement. Thornton, 32, of Chandler, Ariz., isn’t just breaking out as a Dirt Late Model Full Story

• Peanut's memory rides with J.D. at Lernerville

  Posted: 06/24/2023, 08:14 am By Kevin Kovac

  SARVER, Pa. (June 23) — For a track that sits more than 600 miles and nearly 10 hours from Jonathan Davenport’s hometown of Blairsville, Ga., Lernerville Speedway occupies an outsized place in his heart. It’s not because he owns Full Story

• An expanding notebook, crew lift consistent Feger

  Posted: 06/24/2023, 03:01 am By Todd Turner

  BROWNSTOWN, Ill. (June 23) — Jason Feger has been a lot of things on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals in recent seasons, but consistent isn’t one of them. Suddenly the 45-year-old Bloomington, Ill., driver is the most consistent driver Full Story

• Column: It's team first for Burroughs-led SSI

  Posted: 06/21/2023, 03:45 pm

  Ricky Thornton Jr.’s rise to the top of the Dirt Late Model game in 2023 is no overnight success story. The 32-year-old native of Chandler, Ariz., who made his first mark on dirt-track racing in the open-wheel modified division has been Full Story